by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 29, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
The US has suffered, and broken up, telecom monopolies in the past. AT&T had a government-sanctioned monopoly for much of the 20th century, until it was broken up in 1984. The 1996 Telecom Act included rules for phone providers aimed at encouraging competition,...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In September, Azerbaijan and Armenia renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in the Caucasus mountains. By then, an information warfare campaign over the region had been underway for several months.The campaign was identified using artificial...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 26, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Black people in the US suffer more from chronic diseases and receive inferior health care relative to white people. Racially skewed math can make the problem worse. Doctors often make life-changing decisions about patient care based on algorithms that interpret test...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 23, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Marissa Mayer, Google’s 20th employee who later went on to lead Yahoo!, once told me that for many years, Google would do a test: It would show a certain percentage of users a version of search with no ads, to see if people preferred a commercially pristine...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 23, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Smartphone security measures have grown increasingly sophisticated in recent years, evolving from passcodes to thumbprints to face recognition and advanced encryption. A new report from the Washington, DC-based research nonprofit Upturn uncovers how police have...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 22, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
The electric pickup trucks are here. Or almost here, at least. General Motors dropped a pretty penny to debut its new electric Hummer during the World Series on Tuesday, with a two minute, 15 second ad that took up an entire commercial break. But you won’t be able to...
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